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27 / 22 / 61 Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Office 4th Division, 9th Sub-District, Virginia. Staunton, Va. Oct 7th 1867. Rev R. M. Manly Supt Education &c Richmond Dear Sir Your favor of 4th Inst. I received 5th Inst. and reply at once that Mr. Brackett informed me he could not supply the station and the anxiety of the colored parents for a school is so great that I shall gladly for them accept your offer of one lady teacher, and the room can be at once used by borrowing some chairs &c so I hope she will come on at once. I have not yet found a place where she can board, in fact except a mention at Sabbath School [[?]]. I have had no opportunity, but if you pay me two or three days notice of her coming I will have all prepared Yr obt servt Thos I Jackson Agent
Transcription Notes:
"Supt" is the abbreviation for Superintendent.
Inst. = instant (as in the most recent)
&c = etc.